cymbidium

[ sim-bid-ee-uhm ]

noun
  1. any of various orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to Asia and Australia, having long clusters of numerous showy, variously colored flowers.

Origin of cymbidium

1
1799; <New Latin <Greek kýmb(ē) (see cymbiform) + -idion-idium

Words Nearby cymbidium

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How to use cymbidium in a sentence

  • Among miscellaneous examples here is a handsome specimen of cymbidium Devonianum, and a very remarkable hybrid of Catt.

    The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boyle
  • We have another house devoted mainly to cymbidium, in which they have been planted out for some years, with results worth noting.

    The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boyle
  • cymbidium has been enriched by the hybridist, the section Cyperorchis being merged in true cymbidium.

    Orchids | James O'Brien
  • The acquisitions in Botany consisted of some fine Cyrtandraceæ, a cymbidium, and some ferns.

  • The only hybrids of cymbidium known to me are eburneo-Lowianum and its converse, Lowiano-eburneum.

    The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boyle

British Dictionary definitions for cymbidium

cymbidium

/ (sɪmˈbɪdɪəm) /


nounplural -diums
  1. a genus, Cymbidium, of subtropical and tropical orchids native to Australia and Asia, having boat-shaped showy flowers

Origin of cymbidium

1
C19: from Latin cymba boat

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